San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-07-07

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direct TO the hospital doors will be
very great convenience, not to say ne
cessity. The preliminary survey for
this line has not been begun, but that
for the dummy line is completed, and II
there is no delay on the part Of the cOun-
Gil the dummy track will be under way
within the next 60 days.
THE WEST END HOTEL.
The western terminus of the dummy
line will be just at the eastern boundary
of the hotel property. This campus
will contain twenty-five acres, and the
gradient is as uniform and as well pro-
pOrtioned us though some landscape
gardner has established the grade.
What nature does In her kindlieT moods
is always done well, and it must have
been with loving tender
ness that she laid her hand
on the face of this slope and fashioned
the symetrical knoll which will soon be
crowned with the central structure, Of
fees and cottages OF the hotel company.
| This corporation differs In toto from the
| syndicate. 1t lie an entirely separate or
ganizatioD. dealing, however, directly
with the syndicate and under contract
| to do according to specified stlpulations.
| The syndicate covenant TO convey TO
the hotel company tract OF twenty
| five acres, construct the requisite car
lines and make provision for water sup
ply. The hotel proper will be architec-
turally thing Of.beauty, but not a mann
moth affair, rs the arrangements are FOR
cottages on the European plan. 1t is
expected that about 60 of these will be
built, furnished with all the modern con-
venienoes and rented TO guests with or
without meals as the holders may elect.
The crest of this knoll, lying about $50,
feet above Main plaza, affords one OF the,
most magnificent OutlOoks imaginable.b
The ground slopes gradually away from
the crown of the elevation in all direc-
lions. Eastward, toward the san AntO-
MO river and the old Alamo city, whose
spires and chimney tops rise like sen
tinels among the surrounding verdure;
westward, to the waters of the Leon
whose banks are plainly visible; south
ward, towards the Medina the dip OF the
valley plainly perceptible in the dis
lance: and. northwsrd, taking In the
magnificent sweep of the Guadalupe
hills and as much OF Gods country as
usually falls beneath the unaided
vision of the behOlder in any country.
There Ia not waste rood OF land In the
centre OF the tract. The soil is marvel
ously fertile and well adapted to the
growth OF shrubbery of all kinds. Ma
ture has done so much in shaping the
grounds that little is left for the hand OF
man, save in the way OF characterization.
The hotel grounds will be laid out on
the general plan of the quadrangle in
which are the post officers quarters on
Government hill, and plans are being
prepared under the supervision Of U.
8. A. officer. The streets In West End
will vary from lightweight to fifty-1ive
feet In width, and all alleys will be six
teen feet wide. The most approved APP
planes for drainage and sewerage will |
be utilized, and modern science and ex-
perience laid under tribute to make this |
the most desirable winter residence on |
the American continent.
A few years more and, this whole re- |
giOn studded with ornate cottages and |
revealing in all the beauty of fruit and |
flower and blossom ana rare foliage, the |
view from the eastern plaZss of the |
hotel will challenge comparison with |
any view on earth. To the invalid |
what waves of health will roll IT, upon |
him from the tideless sea OF Texas |
breeZes, whose pulsatiOns flood out more |
disease and flood in more strength than |
those of any other section on this CONT |
nent. But this syndicate property is but |
the beginning OF blessings that shall come |
to San Antonio in its train. The most |
tangible at present of these associated |
advantages IS
THE METHODIST COLLEGE
which will soon rear its walls on grounds
adjacent to the syndicate tract ana call. |
ere long, the muster roll OF its growing |
classes within sight of the cradle OF
Texan liberty. just north Of the syndi-
ate property, and on line with its
eastern boundary, lies the college cam
Dus. A beautiful tract of 30 acres, the |
gift of Richard WOOlley. Jr., of CincIn-
nati. This institution may be CUnsid-
cred fixed fact. Donations OF lands |
and moneys have been added to this |
nunificent gift of a campus. the Metho- |
dist church OF Texas has entered heart |
lily into the work OF endowment, and |
funds are being raised for the |
construction of buildings. The out
look is most promising and the
success of the project seems GER
tain. The location is admirably
chosen, in a high rolling prairi~ from
which the city is in plain sight. A
walk of about half mile will bring the
students to the dummy track, while the
distance from town is ample to afford
al the seclusiOn necessary TO student
life The citizens Of this city should
come promptly forward with cOntribu-
lions for this scholastic institution. 1t
will bring business as well as credit and
scholarly privileges to our own young
men and women, and be a wise measure
Of influencing settlement in our midst.
rhe methOdists OF the United States
will take pride in extending a hand to
this youny child, of far away Texas, so
soon as by well-applied and literally
devised gifts the citizens of San An
tonic show their appreciation OfsuCh an
Institution of culture.
THE SYNDICATE PERsONEL.
As to the gentlemen comprising this
syndicate, d word may be permitted.
The majority Of them are live business
men from Cincinnati. Their names are
household words in that city, and among
It's capitalists and money kings, they
rank A. |. Their names it is not nee
cssarY TO register here, but ii the roll
vas called their united wealth would
probably reach $lO0,0O0,0OO. These
gentlemen are associated with some OF
our own citizens, and are here for bus
mess. Realizing the purity Of this at
InOsphere and the benefits that San An
tonic offers AS q winter residence, these
gentlemen have determined to take the
benefit of that fact and aid the citizens
here in every practicable way to make
the most of their natural advantages.
The simple statement that these gentle
men have invested so largely in this VI
entity, is its own testimony rs to
their opinion Of San AntoniO's pOssibili-
lies. 1t proves that business, brains
and capital, accumen and that president
wisdom which discerns a good thing